Emirates changes their minds, will now keep a few destinations open

As I wrote about yesterday, Emirates announced that they are suspending all passenger flights effective March 25, 2020.

Emirates is now backtracking on this decision , and will now continue to operate flights to 13 destinations/countries.

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Update from AirAsia reference the Covid-19 outbreak.

AirAsia has sent out the following email to their costumers in reference to the Covid-19 outbreak:

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QANTAS GROUP UPDATE ON CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

Qantas have recently issued the following press-release regarding their operations during the COVID19 outbreak:

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Traffic numbers at Hong Kong International Airport plummeting in February

The traffic numbers for Hong Kong International Airport has just been released, and the number of passengers and flight movements are plummeting in February.

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SAS latest airline to cancel Hong Kong flights

In a press release today, SAS announces that they are suspending flights between Hong Kong and Copenhagen effective March 5, 2020.

They do not specify until when the flights will remain canceled, so I guess this is subject to future demand.

In the same press release they also say they are suspending a number of short haul flights within Europe over the next couple of month, so based on that I think it is safe to say the route to Hong Kong will be suspended at least until the end of April.

All travelers who have visited the Italian regions of Lombardy, Beneto or Emilia Romagna in the last 2 weeks before arriving in Hong Kong to be placed in quarantine centers.

According to the Italian Consulate in Hong Kong, the following restrictions will be put in place from midnight on February 29th:

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Cathay Pacific Group Releases Combined Traffic Figures for January 2020

The Cathay Pacific Group has released combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for January 2020 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2019.

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Hong Kong International Airport traffic numbers for January 2020 released.

Cathay Pacific Boeing 777.

The provisional Civil International Air Traffic Statistics at HKIA January 2020 has been released, and as expected it continues to show the downwards trend from earlier months. This downwards trend is mostly due to the Hong Kong Protests, as the effect of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) was not taking place yet.

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Hong Kong Airlines to cancel inflight service

Hong Kong Airlines A359

Hong Kong Airlines has announced that they will effective today cancel inflight service on their flights.

According to the airline it is ” To further strengthen our precautionary measures and reduce the risk of our crew and customers from being potentially exposed to coronavirus, Hong Kong Airlines will be limiting inflight cabin activity and making temporary adjustments to our onboard services. “

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Cathay Pacific Group Releases Combined Traffic Figures for December 2019

Cathay A350

The Cathay Pacific Group released recently the combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for December 2019 that show decreases in the number of passengers carried and the amount of cargo and mail uplifted compared to the same month in 2018.

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